The Lion, The Snake, The Badger and The Eagle

There are tales that say Hogwarts was founded as a school, as a center of learning. That it was education that united the four founders as one, education and education alone that wrought forth its great walls and spanning pathways. This was a myth. Founded in an age of persecution, Hogwarts was no school. Hogwarts was a fortress, and the walls wound soon come crashing down.